2010 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2010 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
Dates May 15–30, 2010
Teams 16
Finals site Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
Champions Maryland (10th title)
Runner-up Northwestern (6th title game)
MOP Caitlyn McFadden, Maryland
Attendance 26,112 finals
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
«2009 2011»

The 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 29th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse.[1] The first two rounds of the tournament were played at the home fields of higher-seeded teams from May 15–22, and the semifinal and championship rounds were played at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland from May 28–30.[2] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

Maryland defeated Northwestern, 13–11, to win their tenth national championship, and first since 2001. Maryland's win ended Northweastern's streak of five consecutive national titles (2005–09). Nonetheless, this would subsequently become the sixth of the Wildcats' eight consecutive appearances in the championship game (2005–12).

The leading scorer for the tournament was Shannon Smith from Northwestern (20 goals). Caitlyn McFadden from Maryland was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Tournament bracket

  First Round
Campus sites
May 15–16
Quarterfinals
Campus sites
May 22
Semifinals
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
May 28
Finals
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
May 30
                                     
 Maryland* 20  
 Marist 5  
   Maryland* 15  
     Penn 10  
 Penn* 14
 Boston U. 9  
   Maryland 14  
   Syracuse 5  
 James Madison* 9  
 Stanford 8  
   James Madison* 3
     Syracuse 7  
 Georgetown* 8
 Syracuse 15  
   Maryland 13
   Northwestern 11
 North Carolina* 18  
 Navy 5  
   North Carolina* 17
     Virginia 7  
 Virginia* 14
 Towson 12  
   North Carolina 10
   Northwestern 15  
 Duke* 16  
 Vanderbilt 15  
   Duke 8
     Northwestern* 18  
 Northwestern* 19
 Notre Dame 7  

* Host institution

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  2. "2010 Championship Tournament Statistics". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
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